{"id":458963,"date":"2021-03-16T12:33:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=458963"},"modified":"2021-03-16T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:33:10","slug":"lifelabs-completes-over-1-5-million-covid-19-molecular-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/lifelabs-completes-over-1-5-million-covid-19-molecular-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"LifeLabs completes over 1.5 million COVID-19 molecular tests"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Toronto, Ontario, March 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LifeLabs is pleased to announce its latest milestone in COVID-19 molecular diagnostic testing, completing over 1.5 million tests for Canadians and their health care providers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI continue to be impressed by the resilience and perseverance our teams demonstrate every day to meet the ever-changing demands imposed by this pandemic,\u201d said Charles Brown, President and CEO of LifeLabs. \u201cIt is thanks to their ingenuity and agility that we continue to successfully adapt our operations over and over to meet the growing demand for testing. Thank you to everyone for their incredible hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n

As millions of Canadians wait for their COVID-19 vaccine, testing for the virus has become more critical than ever with new variants of the virus, as well as rising cases and hospitalizations throughout the country. In tandem with scaling up operations to accommodate greater demand for testing, LifeLabs\u2019 Quality & Regulatory Affairs (QRA) team regularly goes above and beyond to ensure quality is met in all areas of lab operations, and to achieve the utmost accuracy by maintaining the Quality Management System. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOur labs operate in alignment with some of the highest standards for quality and competency in medical laboratory diagnostics,\u201d said Haleh Bahrami, VP of Lab Operations. \u201cWe carry multiple accreditations including ISO 15189 from\u00a0Accreditation Canada Diagnostics<\/a>\u00a0(formally the\u00a0Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare<\/a>) and\u00a0Diagnostic Accreditation Program Accreditation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia<\/a>.\u201d In addition, our Medical\/Scientific and QRA teams use their expertise and experience to select and evaluate diagnostic technologies that meet the best practices of the industry and requirements of the provincial health authorities. \u00a0These thorough quality processes continue to be a crucial component in our expansion of the operations to support COVID-19 testing across different markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

LifeLabs continues to build its support for COVID-19 testing in various capacities with initiatives such as:<\/p>\n